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| He was a correspondent for Radio France from 1982 to 1995, based in Cairo and Beirut. He is currently a freelance journalist and writer based in Saudi Arabia since 2010. His books include ''Les Secrets de la guerre du Liban'' (Secrets of the ]) (2004, ]) and ''Le Mur de Sharon'' (Sharon's ]) (2004, ]). | He was a correspondent for Radio France from 1982 to 1995, based in Cairo and Beirut. He is currently a freelance journalist and writer based in Saudi Arabia since 2010. His books include ''Les Secrets de la guerre du Liban'' (Secrets of the ]) (2004, ]) and ''Le Mur de Sharon'' (Sharon's ]) (2004, ]). | ||
| ⚫ | == Controversy over ''Le Mur de Sharon'' == | ||
| In July 2004 Menargues was appointed as the head of news at RFI. | |||
| In July 2004 Menargues was appointed as the head of RFI. In September 2004, he released ''Le Mur de Sharon'' in which he called Israel a "racist" state. After criticism by the Foreign Ministry and journalists' unions, he quit RFI. In an interview with ] he stated that "Israel is a country like any other and like the others it must be criticised. There is no exception in my vision of the world, no country is above international laws."<ref>{{cite news|title=French editor quits in Israel row|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3754860.stm|accessdate=7 August 2015|work=BBC|date=18 October 2004}}</ref> | |||
| In December 2004 he won ''Le prix Palestine-Mahmoud Hamchari'', a prize awarded by the Franco-Arab Solidarity Association, for his book Sharon's Wall. The prize is named after Mahmoud Hamchari, who was involved in the ] and later assassinated by Israel.<ref name="prize">{{cite web |url=http://www.nord-palestine.org/Francophonie_Palestinienne_2.pdf |title=www.nord-palestine.org |format= |work= |accessdate=2015-10-22}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | == Controversy over |
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| On September 30, 2004, while promoting his newly released book ''Le Mur de Sharon'', speaking on ], Menargues said, "You say Israel is a democratic state? Let me also say Israel is a racist state". The RFI journalist union immediately condemned the statements: "Alain Menargues, the author, has every right to state that Israel is a racist state. However, Menargues is head of news at RFI and was presented as such on LCI. He thus expressed his opinion on behalf of our station. This is unacceptable."<ref name=JP>{{cite web | last=Zlotowski | first=Michel | title=French news chief resigns over anti-Semitic remarks | website=HighBeam Research | date=2004-10-19 | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-101154582.html | accessdate=2015-10-21}}</ref> In an interview with ] he stated that "Israel is a country like any other and like the others it must be criticized. There is no exception in my vision of the world, no country is above international laws." | |||
| In early October 2004, speaking on "extreme right-wing radio channel" ]<ref name=JP/>, he said about the ], that "I was very shocked by the wall... Read Leviticus in the Torah. What is it about? Separation between pure and impure. To pray, a Jew must be pure and whatever comes in the way of this purity must be separated... Where was the first ghetto? In Venice. And who built it? It was the Jews themselves, in order to be separated from the rest. After that, Europe put them in ghettos".<ref name=BBC/> | |||
| Following the broadcast, the journalists' union of RFI, issued a statement reading: "We protest with indignation and we reject Alain Menargues's remarks on Jews and the State of Israel. It is now up to the president of RFI, Antoine Schwarz, to draw conclusions and take the appropriate measures."<ref name=JP/> | |||
| The French Foreign Ministry called his remarks "unacceptable". Menargues resigned his post at RFI in October 2004.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=French editor quits in Israel row|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3754860.stm|accessdate=7 August 2015|work=BBC|date=18 October 2004}}</ref><ref name="AFP via UCLA">{{cite web | title=FRANCE: Anti-Israel remarks lead to resignation | website=UCLA International Institute | date=2004-10-18 | url=http://www.international.ucla.edu/southasia/article/16040?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 | accessdate=2015-10-21}}</ref> | |||
| In 2009, a Court of Appeals in Paris determined that his dismissal was unsound and ordered RFI to pay compensation for his 32 years service in public broadcasting. This was upheld by the ] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kieffer|first1=Guilhem|title=Alain Ménargues sauvegarde le droit de critique|url=http://www.metamag.fr/metamag-170-Alain-Menargues-sauvegarde-le-droit-de-critique-Vire-de-RFI-au-pretexte-d%E2%80%99antisemitisme-et-rehabilite-en-cassation.html|accessdate=7 August 2015|work=Metamag|date=18 Apr 2011}}</ref> | In 2009, a Court of Appeals in Paris determined that his dismissal was unsound and ordered RFI to pay compensation for his 32 years service in public broadcasting. This was upheld by the ] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kieffer|first1=Guilhem|title=Alain Ménargues sauvegarde le droit de critique|url=http://www.metamag.fr/metamag-170-Alain-Menargues-sauvegarde-le-droit-de-critique-Vire-de-RFI-au-pretexte-d%E2%80%99antisemitisme-et-rehabilite-en-cassation.html|accessdate=7 August 2015|work=Metamag|date=18 Apr 2011}}</ref> | ||
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Alain Menargues (born 1949) is a French journalist, and former director of Radio France Internationale (RFI).
Biography
He was a correspondent for Radio France from 1982 to 1995, based in Cairo and Beirut. He is currently a freelance journalist and writer based in Saudi Arabia since 2010. His books include Les Secrets de la guerre du Liban (Secrets of the Lebanon War) (2004, Albin Michel) and Le Mur de Sharon (Sharon's Wall) (2004, fr:Presses de la Renaissance).
Controversy over Le Mur de Sharon
In July 2004 Menargues was appointed as the head of RFI. In September 2004, he released Le Mur de Sharon in which he called Israel a "racist" state. After criticism by the Foreign Ministry and journalists' unions, he quit RFI. In an interview with AFP he stated that "Israel is a country like any other and like the others it must be criticised. There is no exception in my vision of the world, no country is above international laws."
In 2009, a Court of Appeals in Paris determined that his dismissal was unsound and ordered RFI to pay compensation for his 32 years service in public broadcasting. This was upheld by the Court of Cassation in 2011.
References
- "French editor quits in Israel row". BBC. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- Kieffer, Guilhem (18 Apr 2011). "Alain Ménargues sauvegarde le droit de critique". Metamag. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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